Producer Prices Rise 0.3%, but Inflation Remains Weak

Gasoline Costs Drive Increase

WASHINGTON—U.S. wholesale prices rose in August on higher gasoline costs, but a separate measure showed that underlying inflation at the producer level remained weak.

The producer-price index, which measures how much companies pay for everything from meats to cars, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in August from a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday. But core prices, which exclude volatile energy and food components, were...